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Preface; Part I: ENERGY - the basic concepts; Chapter 1: ENERGY - the basic concepts; What are forces?; What is work?; What is energy?; Which are the common forces in nature?; What is friction?; How does one measure energy?; Can energy be created from nothing?; What is the First Law of Thermodynamics?; How much energy do humans need to keep alive?; How much energy do humans need for other activities?; What are the sources of energy we use?; What is the origin of the energy we use?; At what rate is energy consumption growing?; What is the role of population growth in energy growth?; Why is energy consumption per capita growing?; What is the relationship between energy and development?; What is energy intensity?; What is the Human Development Index (HDI)?; What is the gross national happiness (GNH)?; Part II: THE WORLD’S PRESENT ENERGY SYSTEMS; Chapter 2: Energy Sources; What are the primary energy sources?; What are secondary energy sources?; Why are there losses in converting energy sources?; What is a Sankey diagram?; Chapter 3: Fossil Fuels; What do we know about coal?; What do we know about oil?; What is abiotic oil?; How is the price of oil evolving?; What do we know about gas?; What is the expected life of fossil fuel reserves?; How unevenly are reserves of fossil fuels distributed around the world?; Chapter 4: Renewables; What is biomass?; What are hydroelectric plants?; What is wind energy?; What are photovoltaic panels?; What is solar thermal energy?; What is solar low temperature thermoelectricity?; What is wave energy?; What is tidal energy?; What is geothermal energy?; What is the potential of renewables energies?; How much land is needed to produce energy from renewables?; Chapter 5: Nuclear Power; What is nuclear power?; Why has the growth of nuclear energy declined after 1985?; What are the problems of nuclear waste disposal?; What is the nuclear renaissance?; What is nuclear fusion?; Part III. THE PROBLEMS OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM; Chapter 6: Exhaustion of fossil fuels; Are fossil fuels being exhausted?; What is the peak oil debate?; Chapter 7: Energy Security; What is energy security?; What sorts of problems do developing countries face in accessing energy?; Chapter 8: Environmental problems; Why are environmental problem so important today?; Which are the local environmental problems?; What is urban air pollution?; What is indoor air pollution?; Which are the regional environmental problems?; What is acid rain?; Which are the global environmental problems?; What is the greenhouse gas effect?; What is the connection between global warming and energy?; What is the IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change)?; What are the facts concerning climate change?; What are the forecasts of climate models?; What are the environmental impacts from renewable sources?; What are the impacts of hydroelectricity plants?; How serious are oil leakages and spills?; Is deforestation caused by energy use?; What is the Ecological Footprint?; Chapter 8: Energy costs; What are the costs of energy?; What are leaning curves?; What are externalities?; How big are energy subsidies?; Part IV : TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS AND POLICIES; Chapter 9: Energy efficiency; What is the potential of energy efficiency?; What are the advantages of energy efficiency?; What are the barriers to energy conservation?; What is the potential for energy efficiency in power production?; What is the potential of energy efficiency in buildings?; How can we increase energy efficiency in buildings?; What is building retrofitting?; What is the impact of urbanization on energy use?; What is the energy efficiency potential in industry?; What is the energy efficiency potential in transportation?; What is the rebound effect?; Chapter 10: Renewables; What are the prospects for increased use for renewables?; Chapter 11: New technologies; What is cogeneration?; What is the role of new technologies for fossil fuels?; What is CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage); What is the future of transportation?; Are natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas and hydrogen alternatives for; transportation?; Are electrical powered vehicles feasible?; What are fuel cells?; How much progress is being made in battery storage?; What is the role of energy storage?; What is the role of long distance electricity transmission?; What are smart grids?; What are the prospects of biomass?; Is ethanol a good substitute for gasoline?; What are the prospects of biodiesel?; Is there competition between bioenergy and food?; Chapter 12: Policies; What policy targets for renewable energy?; What are biofuels mandates?; What is Renewables Portfolios Standards (RPS)?; What are CAFE standards?; What are feed in tariffs?; What is the Climate Convention?; What is the Kyoto Protocol?; What is cap and trade?; What are carbon taxes?; What is technological leapfrogging?; What is sustainable development?; Part V: NON-TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS; What is the relationship between energy and lifestyles?; Is technological development the only driving force for changing lifestyles?; What is the impact of transportation modes on lifestyles?; What are the major determinants of lifestyles changes?; Appendix I Decimal prefixes; Appendix II Energy units conversion factors

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